Proverbs 5 - Compare Translations
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Proverbs 5:1
KJVMy son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
WEBMy son, pay attention to my wisdom.
YLTMy son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Proverbs 5:2
KJVThat thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
WEBthat you may maintain discretion,
YLTTo observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
Proverbs 5:3
KJVFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
WEBFor the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
YLTFor the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
Proverbs 5:4
KJVBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
WEBbut in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
YLTAnd her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Proverbs 5:5
KJVHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
WEBHer feet go down to death.
YLTHer feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.
Proverbs 5:6
KJVLest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
WEBShe gives no thought to the way of life.
YLTThe path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.
Proverbs 5:7
KJVHear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
WEBNow therefore, my sons, listen to me.
YLTAnd now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:8
KJVRemove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
WEBRemove your way far from her.
YLTKeep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Proverbs 5:9
KJVLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
WEBlest you give your honor to others,
YLTLest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
Proverbs 5:10
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Proverbs 5:11
KJVAnd thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
WEBYou will groan at your latter end,
YLTAnd thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Proverbs 5:12
KJVAnd say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
WEBand say, “How I have hated instruction,
YLTAnd hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
Proverbs 5:13
KJVAnd have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
WEBneither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,
YLTAnd I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
Proverbs 5:14
KJVI was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
WEBI have come to the brink of utter ruin,
YLTAs a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
Proverbs 5:15
KJVDrink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
WEBDrink water out of your own cistern,
YLTDrink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:16
KJVLet thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
WEBShould your springs overflow in the streets,
YLTLet thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
Proverbs 5:17
KJVLet them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
WEBLet them be for yourself alone,
YLTLet them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
Proverbs 5:18
KJVLet thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
WEBLet your spring be blessed.
YLTLet thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
Proverbs 5:19
KJVLet her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
WEBA loving doe and a graceful deer—
YLTA hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
Proverbs 5:20
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Proverbs 5:21
KJVFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
WEBFor the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes.
YLTFor over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
Proverbs 5:22
KJVHis own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
WEBThe evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
YLTHis own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Proverbs 5:23
KJVHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
WEBHe will die for lack of instruction.
YLTHe dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
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